[Medicine, mathematics and statistics. Practical aspects].
To identify the statistical methods more frequently used in the medical literature, we reviewed 4,218 papers equivalent to 26 years/periodical. 26% of the papers did not have any statistical method. In the remaining 74% only descriptive (24.5%) or inferential (75.5%) methods were used. Overall there were 3,882 inferential test done. Based on a probability analysis we propose a framework to rationalize the teaching of statistics to improve the decision making process in medicine.
Jaime-Ramírez-Barba
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Departamento de Cirugía Experimental, Facultad de Medicina de León, Universidad de Guanajuato, México.
Vargas-Salado
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Domínguez-Garibaldi
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Sánchez-Andia
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Salcedo-Gómez
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Morales-Caudillo
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Quiroz-Guerrero
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Gutiérrez-Constante
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D004501:Education, Medical; D008433:Mathematics; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods
Medicina, matemáticas y estadística. Aspectos prácticos.